Homicide detectives work the scene after Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect discovered trying to cart away appliances from a garage. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNT

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after Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect discovered trying to cart away appliances from a garage. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Police tape marks off an investigation scene where Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect discovered trying to cart away appliances from a garage. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Officers work inside the scene after Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Detectives look at evidence on the ground near a garage after Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect at about 3:15 Friday morning near Water and Olive streets. Courtesy of OnScene

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A police dog found the suspect who fled on foot hiding near train tracks a few blocks away. He was taken to a hospital to be treated for bite wounds. He is expected to be booked at the Anaheim City Jail on suspicion of burglary and resisting arrest. The Placentia man, who has not been publicly identified, was on parole for burglary, Dunn said. Courtesy of OnScene

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A police dog found the suspect who fled on foot hiding near train tracks a few blocks away. He was taken to a hospital to be treated for bite wounds. He is expected to be booked at the Anaheim City Jail on suspicion of burglary and resisting arrest. The Placentia man, who has not been publicly identified, was on parole for burglary, Dunn said. Courtesy of OnScene

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Police investigating a burglary early Friday morning opened fire on a man suspected of driving his truck at an officer, but it was unknown if the man was struck by gunfire. Courtesy of OnScene

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Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect in a new development called Colony Park, built on the old KwikSet lock manufacturing complex. One suspect was discovered trying to cart appliances away from a garage. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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A supervising officer looks at the scene after Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Homicide detectives step back to study the scene where Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect early Friday morning. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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A forensic investigator measures and maps the scene. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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A front loading appliance still lays in the road as evidence after Anaheim police opened fire on a burglary suspect discovered trying to cart away appliances from a garage. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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A forensic investigator takes measurements as part of an investigation. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Eugenia Pasillas discovers police activity one block away from her south Anaheim home early Friday morning. Pasillas was alerted to the investigation by a friend who recognized her neighborhood from a television news broadcast where police opened fire on a burglary suspect. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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A man rides his bike over railroad tracks near where officers found the man who fled on foot hiding a few blocks away. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

ANAHEIM – A man was arrested Friday after police say he drove a truck at an officer who was investigating a burglary early Friday morning, resulting in the third officer-involved shooting in Anaheim in less than a week.

The 3:15 a.m. shooting occurred when officers were responding to a burglary alarm at Colony Park, a master-planned condominium community at Melrose and Water streets, Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn said.

Officers saw a man walking near the community's sales office and noticed a washer and dryer in the adjacent, small parking lot. Officers tried to stop the man, but he ran.

As one officer chased the man, the other officer noticed a dark-colored pickup parked near the washer and dryer. As that officer approached the truck, he noticed a male inside, Dunn said.

"(The driver) accelerated toward the officer who was in the foot pursuit," Dunn said. "That's when the officer-involved shooting occurred."

The officer fired multiple shots. The man, who was not struck, drove off.

A police dog found the man who fled on foot hiding a few blocks away near train tracks. The man, identified as Abel Frank Armenta, 36, of Placentia, was taken to a hospital to be treated for bite wounds, Dunn said. He was booked at the Anaheim City Jail on suspicion of burglary and resisting arrest.

Armenta was on parole for burglary, Dunn said.

Police say Armenta and his accomplice burglarized a model condominium just west of the sales office. A flat-screen television and a washer and dryer were taken and the refrigerator was moved, Dunn said. All the items were recovered.

The man suspected of driving at the officer, who police identified as Jose Daniel Campos Castellanos, 32, was arrested near his Anaheim residence Friday afternoon, Dunn said.

Authorities say the truck turned out to have been stolen.

Castellanos was booked into the Anaheim City Jail on suspicion of possession of stolen property, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and possession of a stolen car.

The shooting marks the third officer-involved shooting in Anaheim in less than a week.

The fatal shootings Saturday and Sunday of two known gang members resulted in violent protestsTuesday night, the fourth day of at-times violent unrest, a crowd of 1,000 protesters set trash fires, smashed windows at about 20 downtown businesses and threw rocks and other projectiles at officers in riot gear who deployed bean bags and pepper balls at demonstrators refusing to disperse.

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